Panthers winning streak ends with 5-2 loss to Hurricanes

Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Florida Panthers six-game winning came crashing to halt as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied to a 5-2 win over the Cats at PNC Arena.

Carolina is now 4-0-1 against the Panthers this season and have won the last four meetings.

Aleksander Barkov provided all the offense for the Cats, staking his team first and second period leads.

Barkov opened the scoring 11:19 into the first when he collected a loose puck and flipped a backhander over Petr Mzarek after the goaltender came out to break up MacKenzie Weegar’s attempted pass to Carter Verhaeghe, who earned the secondary assist on the play.

MacKenzie Weegar goes COAST-TO-COAST, and Aleksander Barkov…